McCarthy v. Maxon

The plaintiff wife, hereinafter referred to as the plaintiff, was injured as the result of falling down a flight of stairs as she was leaving the office of the named defendant, a veterinarian. She and her husband brought suit against him, as tenant, and the owner, Frank Ritvo, and had verdicts. The defendants appealed, assigning as error the denial of their motions to set aside the verdicts, rulings on evidence and errors in the charge.

A detailed review of the extensive evidence would serve no useful purpose. The jury reasonably could have found these facts: The stairway was rather dark; the…